Depends on your target user. If you want something really simple for developers, https://github.com/gollum/gollum is pretty neat (is what powers the Wiki system on GitHub), while if you want something simple for people who aren't developers, something like Mediawiki would fit better. Although Mediawiki requires a database, you can use SQLite (which is basically a file on disk as a DB) for it.

Dokuwiki is also a neat old-school alternative that basically treats files on disk as articles/pages, so no (other) DB needed.

Hugo has been wonderful for me. I use it to host my portfolio website. Only thing I dislike is themes can be a pain to edit if you don’t know where things are spread out in the source.

PHP based static file CMS (w/o database) to render markdown on the fly:

* Kirby: https://getkirby.com/ * Grav: https://getgrav.org/ * Statamic: https://statamic.com/

I moved to Azure free static hosting. Push a commit and automatically triggers a deployment via Github Actions.

https://docs.github.com/en/actions/use-cases-and-examples/de...

For flat-file wiki-based websites, you can try dokuwiki [1] which is extremely convenient and of course quite fast for what it's made for.

[1] https://www.dokuwiki.org/dokuwiki

Kirby has ticked the boxes for me, total control of the admin interface.

Block fields like ACF flexible layouts. Modern and fast with total control of the frontend.

Has been fun to switch and fast.

GravCMS is a flat-file CMS (content is saved to markdown, making it quite portable if you decide it's not for you). There isn't wiki-functionality (auto-create pages that don't exist), however.

I wrote an exporter from WP to Grav [1].

[1] https://github.com/jgonyea/wp2grav_exporter

Instead of a wiki, why not a static site generator.

I have used Pelican[1] for over a decade. Strongly recommend if you know Python. You don't need to know Python, but in the off chance that one day in the future you want to write your own plugin...

[1] https://getpelican.com/

Instability and WordPress have been related for a long time. Personally, I have found the last few years to be pretty good.

If what you need do is a great fit for a static site, then that will be a much easier to deal with.

For a majority of Wordpress use I am involved in a static site would not offer a majority of the features needed.

I've been extremely happy with Directs + Astro (and Svelte for some reactive components). It has a weird license where it is open source but they require you to purchase a license if your company goes over $5 million in revenue. But it's such a nice piece of BaaS.

If you are hosting a blog then I highly recommend Astro.

https://ghost.org/ perhaps?

ghost is worse than wp imho. Lots of sneaky affiliate links, and they only integrate stuff that does affiliate linking; the self-hosted version calls home as well.

I just launched a drag and drop service myself https://lmno.lol. Use your favorite text editor to edit your Markdown blog file.

No tracking, adverts, paywalls, or bloat. I'm also bringing a little nostalgia back with ASCII art headers (optional of course).

Here's my blog on it: https://lmno.lol/alvaro

Wrote a bit about how I got to build my own service https://lmno.lol/alvaro/blogging-minus-the-yucky-bits-of-mod...

Statamic